Metanoia - Rhetoric, Authenticity, and the Transformation of the Self

Examines the concept of metanoia as both a rhetorical figure of speech and a critical tool for the analysis of self-reinventions of all kinds, including conversions related to race, sex, religion, and politics.

About the author

Adam Ellwanger is Associate Professor of English at the University of Houston-Downtown.

Summary

Examines the concept of metanoia as both a rhetorical figure of speech and a critical tool for the analysis of self-reinventions of all kinds, including conversions related to race, sex, religion, and politics.

Product details

• Authors: Adam Ellwanger, Adam (University of Houston - Downtown) Ellwanger
• Assisted by: Gehrke Pat J. (Foreword)
• Publisher: University Presses
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 18.04.2022
• EAN: 9780271085937
• ISBN: 978-0-271-08593-7
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 15 mm
• Weight: 318 g
• Illustrations: Illustrationen, nicht spezifiziert
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > Other languages / Other literatures; Social sciences, law, business > Media, communication > Communication science; PHILOSOPHY / Social, POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, RELIGION / Christian Theology / History, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Social Theory, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Rhetoric, Social & political philosophy, Political science & theory, Communication Studies, Semantics, discourse analysis, stylistics